Railroad-car.



PATENTED JAN. 31-, 1905.

T. B. ADAMS. RAILROAD-GAR.

AIPPLIOATION FILED 0013.17, 1904.

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Patented January 31, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS E. ADAMS, OF PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS.

RAILROAD-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 781,119, dated January 31, 1905. Application filed October 17, 1904. Serial No. 828,804.

To all w/wm, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS E. ADAMS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pine Bluff,

- in the county of Jefferson and State of Arkanwood, which is used as a stop for the horn of the coupler when buffing, consists of a wooden block having an iron face-plate or angle-piece and attached therewith to the end sill at each end of the car-frame.

My invention consists in substituting for the said wood blockand face-plate a, dead-' block made in one piece, preferably of caststeel, and having dependent caps for the-drafttimbers, as hereinafter particularly described andclaimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, whereon Figure 1 is a top plan of my improved combined dead-block and draft-timber end stops or caps as applied to the end sill and draft-- timbers, respectively, broken away, of a freight-car; Fig. 2, a longitudinal vertical section thereof on line 2 2 in Fig. 1; Fig. 8, afront elevation thereof; Fig.4, a vertical longitudinal section through the dead-block and combined caps on line 4 4 in Fig. 1, detached; and Figs. 5, 6, and 7 views corresponding to Figs. 1, 2, and 8, respectively, of an alternative construction of the device.

Like letters and numerals of reference denote like parts in the respective figures.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2, and 3,0 represents adead-block, which is composed, preferably, of cast-steel integral throughout and preferably substituted for the ordinary wooden block. The dead-block a in the present case consists of a rear plate 1, which bears on its face against the sheathing 2 of the car-body immediately opposite to the middle portion of the end sill 8 in a similar manner to the ordinary wooden block.

Opposite and parallel to theiniddle portion respectively, or' the dead-block a may be oth-' erwise shaped and the metal disposed as found most suitable. The middle portion of the plate 4, against the outer face of which the horn c of the coupler 0Z strikes when bufling,:is preferably of increased thickness to that of the end portions of the plate 4'for'insuring greater strength thereat to the dead-block a. I

From the bottom of the dead-block a depend two vertically-arranged webs 8, which are integral with the block a, and preferably in the same plane with the .rear plate 1, or the webs 8 may be alined to the front plate 4 of the block a (as hereinafter more particularly referred to) or intermediately to the plates 1 and 4, as found most suitable.

The depending webs 8 are located opposite to and bear on their rear faces against the outer ends of the draft-timbcrsl), respectively, each web 8 having, preferably, lateral flanges 9 in tegral therewith, which overlap and extend for a suitable distance along the sides of the correspondingdraft-timber 6, and each web 8 having a bottom flange 10, which is shaped conformably to and bears against the under side of the end portion of the draft-timber b, the webs 8, with their flanges 9 and 10, forming stops or caps eto the outer ends of the drafttimbers b, as shown.

The upright end'ribs 6 and adjacent oppo site intermediate ribs? of the dead-block a, which are preferably in the same plane as the lateral flanges 9 of the depending webs 8, are extended downward along the front faces (or reverse to. their bearing-faces) of the webs 8 and are united to each other, respectively, across and preferably at the bottom of each web 8 by a horizontal flange 11, all the said parts being integral with each other, and to these flanges 11 on their under sides is liXed the carry-iron 12 for the draw-bar (Z by bolts 13.

The dead block a, with the draft-timber stops or caps c and other integral parts of the device, as above deseribed,is secured to the carframe by the truss-rod bolts 14 and 15, which pass, respectively, through the upper portion of the plate 1 and through the lower lugs or extension 16 of the plate 1 and depending webs 8 in line with the caps e at the outside thereof, and by the bolts 17, which pass upward through the bottom flanges 10 of the caps draft-timbers 6, end sill 3, and flooring 18 of the car. I

In the alternative construction of the dead.- block (0 shown in Figs 5, 6, and 7 a wooden block 19 is interposed between the front plate 4 and the end sill 3 of the car-frame in lieu of the rear plate 1 and connecting-ribs 6 and 7 of Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the depending vertical webs of the pockets 6 in this case being alined to the outer or front plate 1. Otherwise the general construction and arrangement of the dead-block a and integral appendages is substantially similar to that shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

By this invention astrong and durable deadblock is obtained, and by the rigid combination therewith oi the draft-timber steps or caps c (0) end play of the draft-timbers and shear strain on their fastening-bolts are prevented.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a railroad-car, the combination with the end sill and adjacent draft-timbers, of a deadblocl; composed of cast-steel integral throughout, and comprising, two opposite plates having an intermediate space and united to each other by cross-pieces, one ol the said plates bearing against the face of the end sill and the other plate adapted for engagement by the coupler of the draft-gear, the said block having dependent caps for the draft-timbers, and means for securing the dead-block to the underframe of the ear, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof lhavesigned my name to this specification in the presence 01 two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS E. ADA MS.

\Vitnesses:

PATRLCK M. Kinney, JNo. M. TAYLOR. 

